Women’s Track & Field Takes Third at NYRR Saturday Night at The Armory

New York, NY- Led by Brynn Smith's title in the weight throw, the Brown women's track & field team finished in third place with an 84.50 at the NYRR Saturday Night at The Armory. Columbia placed first with a total of 166.50 and Virginia came in second with 110 points in the 17-team field.

Smith captured the weight throw title with a toss of 17.98 and teammate Lacy Craker earned sixth place in the event with a 16.69m throw. Smith also had a solid performance for the Bears in the shot put, throwing a 14.93m for second. Victoria Buhr followed close behind throwing a 13.13m for sixth place.

In the triple jump, Gabriela Baiter secured second place with a 12.19m leap, and Hannah Wallace was Brown's top pole vaulter with a 3.50m height. Chelsea Hartigan followed behind Wallace with a fifth place pole vault (3.40m), and Jara Crear's 5.31m leap in the long jump garnered eighth.

The Bears also had some solid results in the running events, which included a second place finish by Rosie Fleming in the 1,000m run (2:53.68). Michaeline Nelson was close behind with a 2:57.45 for fifth and Melanie Fineman came in eighth with a 2:57.45.

Colby Lubman ran the 400m dash in 56.99 seconds for fifth place, and Brielle Beaudette ran the 500m dash in 1:18.83 to finish in sixth. Kesley Ramsey earned a sixth place finish in the one-mile run (5:01.59), and behind Ramsey was Adelberg (5:03.74) in eighth and Ari Garber (5:04.74) in ninth.

Bree Shugarts, Emily Mepham and Jenn Thomas competed in the 800m run. Shugarts ran a 2:16.92 for eighth place, and was followed by Mepham's 2:17.69 for 12th and Thomas' 15th place time of 2:18.30.

Susan Scavone ran the 60m hurdles in 8.85 seconds to capture fifth place, and in the 200m dash Nealy Williams finished 17th (26.13) and Scavone came in 19th (26.68).